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Today is Sunday, May 5, the 126th day of 2024. There are 240 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 5, 1961, astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. became America’s first space traveler as he made a 15-minute suborbital flight aboard...

Today is Saturday, May 4, the 125th day of 2024. There are 241 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 4, 1970, Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire during an anti-war protest at Kent State University, killing four students and...

Cape Girardeau’s City Council held a study session for the city’s 2024-25 proposed budget on Friday, May 3, at City Hall and learned insurance costs are skyrocketing upward. The City of Cape’s general fund was recapped for council members as the...

Visitors traveled across downtown Cape Girardeau Thursday to view available properties for new commercial enterprises during Old Town Cape, Inc.'s fifth annual open house event.

The 2024 Endangered Buildings List was announced Wednesday, May 1. The list was adopted by the Cape Girardeau Historic Preservation Commission on April 17. According to the commission, the list is “for the sole purpose of promoting public awareness...

A Cape Girardeau woman faces charges of animal abuse after allegedly punching a dog that was trying to protect another person during a dispute. The suspect later allegedly resisted arrest and police stunned her with a Taser to get her into a patrol...

Catholic Charities of Southern Missouri will host its third annual Mississippi Mingle in conjunction with Knights of Columbus on Saturday, May 11. The event will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Knights of Columbus Hall, 318 S. Spanish St. in Cape...

The Cape Girardeau County Commission unanimously approved Swindell take over for a recently deceased former cemetery board member. ...

A Cape Girardeau man is in jail on a $15,000 bond after police say he sent images of a nude woman to another man without permission. Nathaniel James Davis, 33, of Cape Girardeau was charged with the crime of nonconsensual dissemination of private...

Ricky Scott, 41, of Cape Girardeau faces allegations he failed to register as a sex offender. The charges resulted from an investigation on Halloween in 2022, in which Scott was not compliant with Halloween restrictions, but Scott did not answer his...

A Poplar Bluff man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for selling methamphetamine. A release from Sayler Fleming, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, says U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. ordered the sentence for...

Northbound Interstate 55 in Cape Girardeau County, from mile marker 93 to mile marker 94 near Cape Girardeau, will be reduced to one lane with a 10-foot width restriction as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform bridge maintenance....

Today is Friday, May 3, the 124th day of 2024. There are 242 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 3, 1979, Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher was chosen to become Britain’s first female prime minister as the Tories...

Cape Girardeau’s top law official has questioned private practice actions taken by the city’s municipal prosecuting attorney, contending a conflict of interest. Chief of police Wes Blair pointed out in an April 17 email to city administration and...

On Saturday, May 4, 26 young racers will compete to see which of them are the quickest, most skillful drivers at the 25th annual Cape Girardeau Soap Box Derby. The race will be a test of their agility and engineering prowess. ...

The 2024 Muddy River Marathon will return Saturday, May 4, on a course that winds and bends through the streets of Cape Girardeau, beginning and ending at Century Casino Cape Girardeau, 777 Main St. There will be more than 400 runners competing this...

Scout Hall is testing out its new outdoor venue Friday, May 3, with Backyard Happy Hour(s). The happy hours will begin at 4 p.m. when gates open. ...

A Celebrate the Arts event will be held Friday, May 3, at Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus in Cape Girardeau. There will be a showcase of music, theater and dance pieces at 7:30 p.m. in Bedell Performance Hall and an open gallery...

Cape Girardeau County Commission 9 a.m. Thursday, May 2, 1 Barton Square, Jackson Approval of minutes n Approval of minutes of the Monday, April 29, meeting ...

Today is Thursday, May 2, the 123rd day of 2024. There are 243 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 2, 1994, Nelson Mandela claimed victory in the wake of South Africa’s first democratic elections; President F.W. de Klerk...

Cape Girardeans will celebrate the 73rd National Day of Prayer with a series of prayer services Thursday, May 2...

Cape Central High School’s Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFJROTC) program held its final awards ceremony Friday, April 26, before the program’s closure at the end of the semester...

Southeast Missouri State University, in partnership with Mid-America Transplant, hosted the families of organ and tissue donors and transplant recipients Thursday, April 25, for the unveiling of a new memorial at the university’s River Campus...

A Cape Girardeau police officer who heard a woman screaming from inside a house, stopped an attack Sunday, April 28, according to a probable-cause statement...